Winter weather leads to 'critical' need for blood donations

Samantha Bivens with the Red Cross said winter weather across the nation has caused people to not come out to donate.

She said on the east coast, more than 100 blood drives have been canceled, that means the Red Cross has collected thousands of pints less than what they need.

“We collected less than 28,000 pints than what we needed over the months of November and December alone, and (it's) because of those super hardcore storms that have hit the east coast," Bivens said. “In the first four days of January, we have collected even less than where we really need to be. So that has pushed us to a critical time period.”

Every Thursday during the first nine weeks of the school year, the men of Omega will read to male students in grades kindergarten through third grade at Dimon Elementary School. ( Source: Walter McKee)

Lambda Iota, the local chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, has partnered with an elementary school in Columbus to show male students the importance of reading.

The Pennsylvania Judicial Center serves as an administrative headquarters for Pennsylvania’s courts which are administered by the Supreme Court. (Source: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania)

Court records in a monthslong legal fight over the report say it identifies more than 300 "predator priests" and that grand jurors accuse church leaders of brushing aside victims to protect abusers and church institutions.

Court records in a monthslong legal fight over the report say it identifies more than 300 "predator priests" and that grand jurors accuse church leaders of brushing aside victims to protect abusers and church institutions.

A woman was initially being stopped for the faulty equipment on her moped but was arrested for the number of drugs found in a bottle during a search, Springdale Police said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

A woman was initially being stopped for the faulty equipment on her moped but was arrested for the number of drugs found in a bottle during a search, Springdale Police said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.